Cable sheave



vMay 21, 1929.

M@ HlBBARD CABLE SHEAVE 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Oct. 15

Ml? 21 1929.` M. HIBBARD 1,71%,221

CABLE SHEAVE y Filed 0G12. 15, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 agg/m A Y Patented May 21,1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT I o-Fllcgi.

MERRILL HIBBABD, oF COLUMBUS, oHroAss1GNon Torna JEFFREYv MANUFACi TUBING coMPANY, on COLUMBUS, oHIo, A coRPoRA'rIoNoF oHIo.

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Application mea octqb 15, 1923. serial No. ceases.l

Thepresent invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cable sheaves of the class adapted to engage the transmission block attached 'to an endlesscableand theretomatically adjustable rim parts whereby said ,sheavemaybe adaptedto alternately drive the cable or be driven by it.

20 The means whereby'I attain this ob'ect are fully setforth in the yfollowing speci cation,

and illustrated'in the ac'companyingl draw- 'ingsofwhich-ulk Fig. 1 is a sidelelevation of the'prefe'rred embodiment of vmy invention in driving relation with asuitable cable.

VFig. 2 is a similar view of Such a sheavel as yshown in Fig. 1 in driven relation to said cable.

" line III- HI of Fig.1 Y i Y j Fig. 41is`a i fragmentary sectional View taken along the line IV-IY of Fig. 3.

V Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevationofa modified formofmy invention. Likenumerals refer to similar parts in the several figures. l 'i f As'shown in the drawings, the numeral 1 Lrefers to a drivingshaft, and the numeral 2 410y to apdriven shaft to which are fixed respectively the cable sheaves 3 and 4 arranged in operative engagement with anendless'cable 5 y to transmit owerv from the driving -shatt'l to actuate the riven shaft .2. v The sheavesl and V 2are similar in construction anda description ofonewill a ply f to'both., Keyed to the shaft lare two hubs each having a circular flange 7 concentric with the shaft and extending in parallel juxtaposition,perpendicular to said shaft, Between thediscs are positioned segmental rim sections 8'provided withilaterally Haring sidev flanges 9. which form Vthe cable seats 10. `These rim sections 8 are eccentricallypivotally mounted uponthepivot bolts 11 kwhich extend through suitable apertures in Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken along the f wardly and rearwardly, and l.those of the o t driven tooth members 14are sloped outwardboth ofthe discs.` "At the ends of the rim sec-v tions 8 are fixed tooth members 13 and 14 which are adapted 4to engage the transmission blocks 15 secured to thecable 5 at equally spaced-lntervals, and the proportions of the parts are such that the 'spaces between the forward toot-h of one rim section and the rearward tooth ofthe adjacent rim section aregi'naterially greater than the lengthofthe transmission blocks. Formed on the rim sections 8 are projections 16 and 17 adapted to engage the corresponding projections of the adjacent rim sections, so that rotary movement of one lj ,l rim section about'its pivot 11V causes similar movement of all of the rim sections ofthe l wheel. V,Stops 18 attached to thedisc 7 are 'arranged to engage the rimsection 8 to limit their rotary i movement about the pivot o bolts 11. v

When the driving 'wheel 3 revolves itsk driving tooth members 13 engagethetrans! mission blocks k15 toV propel thecable v5,3and

` said transmission blocks engage the driven toothmembers .14` 0f thedriven wheel -4to cause rotation of the shaft. 2.` To secure smoothness ofyl actionjthe l circumferential 'f pitch of the teeth upon the-driving'wheel i mustfbeslightly greater, and that of the 1 teeth upon the driven wheel slightly less than f 4the `pitch of the o ktransmission blocks 'upon' the cable,`lso that only one transmission block 1s 1n engagement with the teethoi:I each wheel at anytime( The contacting surf-acesofl the driving tooth' members 13 are sloped out-` lowing transmission Vblocks tok successively'- engage their respective teeth withoutshock.. When the `above described wheels act to `drive the cable, the pressure of the transmission blocks 15 upon the tooth members 13 vtends, to yrotate the rim sections 8' rear`l`l wardly about thepivot bolts 11, thereby moving the forward corner 'of saidrim' section outwardly to increase the .pitch diameter f ofthe wheel andthe consequent pitch'of the driving toothm'enibers 13. In likemanner j whcnsuch wheels are drivenbythe cable the pressureof the tooth member 14 upon the'transmission block 1.5 tends to rotate the rim section 8 forwardly about its pivot bolt rim comprising a plurality of similar sections movably attached to said center and adapted when driving effort is applied to said wheel b said transmission elements to automatical y move inwardly to contact the rim, and links -extending between and pivotally attached to adjacent transmission elements to cause their simultaneous movement.

12. In a wheel of the class described, the combination with a wheel center: of a rim adapted to engage a flexible draft member having spacedtransmission elements, said rim comprising a plurality of similar sectionsv movably attached to said center and adapted v when driving effort is applied by said Wheel to said transmission elements to automatically move outwardly to expand said rim and when driving leffort is applied to said wheels by said transmission'elements to automatical- 30 ly move inwardly to contract saidvrim, and

links extending 'between and pivotally attached to adjacent transmission elements toy cause their simultaneous movement.

13. vIn a Wheel of the class described, the combination with a wheel center: of a rim toothV members Von each section, the tooth pivoted upon said wheelcenter, a pair of.- i

members of'each section being arranged different distances from the pivot of their respective section, and said sections adapted to move inwardly when driving forcev is exerted upon the teeth of the sections having` the shorter radii, and outwardly when driving force is exerted by the teeth having the longer radii.

` In testimony whereof I have hereunto set y my hand.A p

Y MERRILL HIBBARD. 

